CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: Pictures from the opening

 

On January 22, 2011, Close Encounters: The Next 500 Years had its official opening at the Main Exhibition Site at 109 Pacific Avenue in Winnipeg.

Many of the artists were in attendance as were the four curators and many representatives from bothe the visual arts and the Aboriginal community.

 

All photos were taken by Leif Norman.

Gallery

Jonathan Jones, untitled (infinity), 2011, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Michael Belmore and his work Smoulder       Noam Gonick and Rebecca Belmore    Robert Enright speaks to Bravo Television Robert Enright speaks to Bravo Television Deputy Mayor Paula Havixbeck Anthony Kiendl The curators, Steve Loft, Jenny Western, Candice Hopkins and Lee-Ann Martin Jenny Western, Candice Hopkins, Brett Graham, Lee-Ann Martin and Lisa Reihana Reuben Paterson and other artists Skawennati and Steve Loft  The curators ride the four horses of the apocalypse Jaya Beange and Lisa Reihana  Mary Ann Barkhouse and Rebecca Belmore James Luna's Spirits of Virtue and Evil Await My Ascension   Doug Smarch's Lucinations Doug Smarch's Lucinations       Marie Watt's Staff: Custodian     Still from Reuben Paterson's film Te Putahitanga O Rehua Doug Smarch's Lucinations   Postcommodity, Repellent Eye (Winnipeg), 2011, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Linus Woods, Spaceship over Troubled Water, 2010 and The Speed of Light, 2010, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Jonathan Jones, untitled (infinity), 2011, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Jimmie Durham, Pole to Mark the Centre of the World (at Winnipeg), 2010 Courtesy of Plug In ICA, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Jimmie Durham, Pole to Mark the Centre of the World (at Winnipeg), 2010 Courtesy of Plug In ICA, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Jimmie Durham, Pole to Mark the Centre of the World (at Winnipeg), 2010 Courtesy of Plug In ICA, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Wally Dion, Thunderbird, 2008, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Rebecca Belmore, Still from The Blanket, 2010, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Jonathan Jones, untitled (infinity), 2011, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Jonathan Jones, untitled (infinity), 2011, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Doug Smarch, Lucinations (detail), 2004, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Doug Smarch, Lucinations (detail), 2004, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Doug Smarch, Lucinations (detail), 2004, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Postcommodity, Mother, Teacher, Destroyer (detail), 2010, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Mother, Teacher, Destroyer (detail), 2010, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Mother, Teacher, Destroyer (detail), 2010, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Mother, Teacher, Destroyer (detail), 2010, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Reuben Paterson, Still from Te Putahitanga O Rehua, 2005, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Colleen Cutschall, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Jeffrey Gibson, The Future is Present, 2011, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Jeffrey Gibson, The Future is Present (detail), 2011, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Jeffrey Gibson, The Future is Present (detail), 2011, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Brett Graham, Te Hokioi, 2008-2009, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Brett Graham, Te Hokioi, 2008-2009, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Brett Graham, Te Hokioi, 2008-2009, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Kent Monkman, The Collapsing of Time and Space in an Ever-expanding Universe, (2011),  photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Kent Monkman, The Collapsing of Time and Space in an Ever-expanding Universe, (2011),  photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Kent Monkman, The Collapsing of Time and Space in an Ever-expanding Universe, (2011),  photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Kent Monkman, The Collapsing of Time and Space in an Ever-expanding Universe, (2011),  photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Kent Monkman, The Collapsing of Time and Space in an Ever-expanding Universe, (2011),  photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Michael Belmore, Smoulder, 2010-2011, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Michael Belmore, Smoulder, 2010-2011, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Reuben Paterson, Nigh, 2005, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Reuben Paterson, Nigh, 2005, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Marie Watt, Staff: Custodian, 2007, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Marie Watt, Staff: Custodian, 2007, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Mary Anne Barkhouse, The Four Horses of the Apocalypse and the Donkey of Eternal Salvation, 2008, photo by Scott Benesiinaabanda Mary Anne Barkhouse, The Four Horses of the Apocalypse and the Donkey of Eternal Salvation, 2008, photo by Scott Benesiinaabanda James Luna, Spirits of Virtue and Evil Await My Ascension, 1998, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Spirits of Virtue and Evil Await My Ascension, 1998, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Skawennati, TimeTraveler ™, 2121 Rosalie Favell, Still from The Search for Life Beyond our Planet, 2010, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan Rosalie Favell, Still from The Search for Life Beyond our Planet, 2010, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan James Luna, Spirits of Virtue and Evil Await My Ascension, 1998, photo by Scott Benesiinaabandan

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